Haitian PM installs transition council to prepare for long-awaited elections

FILE PHOTO: Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry addresses the media after becoming also the country's interior minister, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 14, 2022. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Monday formally installed a transition council whose job will be to prepare for long-overdue elections in the Caribbean country, amid a humanitarian crisis driven by violence from armed gangs.

Haiti, which has been without any elected representatives since early January, last held a presidential vote in 2016.